Ohio Bob
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Thank you, I will let my husband know your opinion and ask why he had left this much headspace.
So I assume you are the brains of the operation and he is the labor?
Thank you, I will let my husband know your opinion and ask why he had left this much headspace.
He is the labor and brains and provides finances for this project. I am only allowed to ask questions here on the forum and share with him interesting and useful information. Sometimes I am allowed to ask him questions about the decisions he makes .So I assume you are the brains of the operation and he is the labor?
He is the labor and brains and provides finances for this project. I am only allowed to ask questions here on the forum and share with him interesting and useful information. Sometimes I am allowed to ask him questions about the decisions he makes .
Nope. That's not correct. I had 230lbs (23 gallons) of fresh Cab Sauv grapes and yeilded 13 gallons. You got a good yeild from what you had.We got our own 8+lbs of Frontenac, 1+lbs of Cab Franc and 10+lbs of Cab Sauvignon of destemmed grapes, pure berries only. We also received 18 gallons of must from CA. After the primary fermentation has ended there are 11.5 gallons of wine-to-be. My husband thinks there should be more liquid. 5-gal carboy on the left has free run liquid, others have pressed one.
Thank you, good to know that everything is fine.Nope. That's not correct. I had 230lbs (23 gallons) of fresh Cab Sauv grapes and yeilded 13 gallons. You got a good yeild from what you had.
I'm the outlier on this one.We got our own 8+lbs of Frontenac, 1+lbs of Cab Franc and 10+lbs of Cab Sauvignon of destemmed grapes, pure berries only. We also received 18 gallons of must from CA. After the primary fermentation has ended there are 11.5 gallons of wine-to-be. My husband thinks there should be more liquid. 5-gal carboy on the left has free run liquid, others have pressed one.
Thank you, my husband recalculated and now he thinks he got just the right amount of liquid. He forgot to call me and tell the good news while I was at work. I will tell him about the amount of whiskey in the airlocks. He is wasting good thing!I agree with Ohio Bob - too much headspace. I also think your airlocks are overfilled. There should be a max fill line on the side of the airlock to tell you when to stop adding liquid.
On the subject of yield, the normal expectation for Cabernet grapes is 60% conversion. If you have 5 gallons of must, you can expect 3 gallons of wine. Rhone and Zin yields are higher - around 70%. So 11.5 is much higher than expected - the traditional metrics suggest 9 gallons.
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